We'll be lucky if we ever see a player like AJ again. What he lacked in natural ability he made up for in smarts and hard work. Will miss you and wish you lots of luck in Texas. Come back soon!

__________________"It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, you rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then, just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops." -A.Bartlett Giamatti

The interference call against Willy Aybar against the Rays a few years ago.

This won us a division. If I had to describe AJ Pierzynski to somebody who had never heard of him, and I could only tell one story, this would be the story.

__________________"Hope...may be indulged in by those who have abundant resources...but its nature is to be extravagant, and those who go so far as to stake their all upon the venture see it in its true colors only when they are ruined."-- Thucydides

AJ is the reason I started watching baseball. Becoming a baseball fan brought me some of the greatest people and things in my life. I owe a lot personally to him being the player he is. Thank you for everything, AJ. Best of luck in Texas. You'll always be my favorite player, no matter what uniform you wear.

__________________Thanks for the memories, AJ. You'll always be my favorite.

Thanks for all your time in a Sox uniform, AJ - I love your fire and passion for the game. You'll always be loved on the South Side. Come back to the Sox after your contract is up...play, coach, or maybe...(dare I even say it?) be a Sox announcer!!!